![Smart Scale Joins the BewellConnect Family [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2016/02/MyScale-with-video-600x278.jpg?resize=600%2C278)
by Bruce Brown | February 5, 2016 | General News, Health
We have looked at smart scales in the past, most recently the CES 2016 Innovation Award-winning QardioBase that measures weight, muscle mass, body fat percentage, and water and bone composition, sending data via Bluetooth to your tablet or phone app where it...
by Alfred Poor | February 1, 2016 | General News, Medical
Implanted digital devices have to be the ultimate in “wearables;” they effectively become part of your body. Some digital implants are almost commonplace, such as the cochlear implants that can help the deaf hear again. One field in this area that has seen...
![External Shockwaves Induce Healing with Diabetic Foot Ulcers [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2016/01/Sanuwave-with-video-600-x-270.jpg?resize=600%2C270)
by Bruce Brown | January 25, 2016 | General News, Medical
Diabetes has become a worldwide epidemic, with current projections that almost 5% of the world population will have diabetes by 2030. About 6% of all adults 65 or older with diabetes in the U.S. develop diabetic foot ulcers (DFU) and 0.5% have a lower extremity...
by Bruce Brown | January 22, 2016 | General News, Medical
My mother called me in Connecticut one morning in the late 1990s to tell me she was scared because when she looked in the mirror that morning she couldn’t see her face. In the center of her vision was a blurry dark mass. That was the beginning of her descent...
by Bruce Brown | January 12, 2016 | General News, Medical
Patients, physicians, researchers, and institutions can now access digital data that is produced as a result of advances in medical devices and treatments across many areas of specialization. Medical device and consumer electronics companies are huge businesses and...
